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Vera – The Hard Way to Enlightenment
Vera – The Hard Way to Enlightenment

Vera – The Hard Way to Enlightenment

Genres

Drama

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The story of Vera Lenz, a young and very attractive woman who is the daughter of a pastor and comes from a small coastal village on the North Sea (FRG). She is intelligent, determined, but also hungry for adventure, and she fascinates the world of men. She has developed into an accomplished secretary with excellent foreign language skills - predestined for an international career. Her meeting with Colonel Shelvin paves the way for this: Vera is able to take up a position at NATO headquarters in Brussels and, thanks to her achievements, she travels to many countries and meets countless interesting people.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

German

Runtime

244 mins

Rating

8/10

Release Date

29 January 1989

Country

East Germany

Cast

Jolanta Nowak

Jolanta Nowak

Vera Lenz

Jan Nowicki

Jan Nowicki

Frederic Shelvin

Marylu Poolman

Marylu Poolman

Frau Lenz

Peter Sodann

Peter Sodann

US-General Rathers

Harald Engelmann

Harald Engelmann

Hauptmann Scholz

Heinz-Dieter Knaup

Heinz-Dieter Knaup

Oberst von Wedel

Jan Pawlowski

Jan Pawlowski

Lord Cavendish

Joachim Pape

Joachim Pape

General

Leon Niemczyk

Leon Niemczyk

Donatas Banionis

Donatas Banionis

Marion van de Kamp

Marion van de Kamp

Ernst Heise

Ernst Heise

Henryk Talar

Henryk Talar

Barbara Brylska

Barbara Brylska

Jürgen Zartmann

Jürgen Zartmann

Jerzy Moes

Jerzy Moes

Lothar Förster

Lothar Förster

Ottilia Borbáth

Ottilia Borbáth

Mario Turra

Mario Turra

Zygmunt Maciejewski

Zygmunt Maciejewski

Tadeusz Jastrzębowski

Tadeusz Jastrzębowski

Heinrich Buttchereit

Heinrich Buttchereit

Eckhard Bilz

Eckhard Bilz

Krzysztof Chamiec

Krzysztof Chamiec

Karin Beewen

Karin Beewen

Lutz Teschner

Lutz Teschner

Renate Heymer

Renate Heymer

Siegfried Meyer

Siegfried Meyer

Hans Klima

Hans Klima

Holger Franke

Holger Franke

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